What's on schedule for SEC Network on Thursday and Friday?

The day is almost here. You've double-checked to make sure your cable or satellite provider is on board and you're all ready for the SEC Network.

So what will you see in the first 24 hours or so?

The network will launch at 5 p.m. Central on Thursday with a special three-hour airing of its studio show, SEC Now. After that, the first of four new SEC Storied specials, The Stars Are Aligned, will air at 8 p.m., profiling a famous "superfan" from each of the SEC's 14 schools:

The first of a series of "Best of" marathons for each SEC team will then kick off in the early morning hours Friday, with four recent Alabama classics featured -- the 2009 SEC championship game against Florida, the 2012 SEC championship game against Georgia, the 2013 Texas A&M game and the 2012 BCS national championship game against Notre Dame.

Basketball will then be featured at noon, with Kentucky facing the Dominican Republic during its Big Blue Bahamas tour.